TOP PHOTOS: Mar. 14, 2013

Here are the top pictures of the day from the Associated Press.

A man rests next to a graffiti that reads in Spanish, "Is of the patriots," next to a stencil mural of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez in downtown Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, March 14, 2013. Venezuela's acting president said Wednesday that it is highly unlikely Hugo Chavez will be embalmed for permanent viewing because the decision to do so was made too late and the socialist leader's body was not properly prepared on time. Chavez died on March 5. The decision to preserve his body permanently was announced two days later. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Iowa State forward Melvin Ejim (3) dives to keep the ball in play during the second half an NCAA college basketball game against Oklahoma in the Big 12 men's tournament Thursday, March 14, 2013, in Kansas City, Mo. Iowa State won the game 73-66. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Latifa Khadri the mother of street vendor Adel Khadri, shows a picture of her son following his funeral in Jemaa, northern Tunisia, Thursday March 14, 2013. Adel Khadri set himself alight on Tuesday in a street of the capital Tunis and died from the severe burns he suffered. (AP Photo)

Mitch Seavey became the oldest winner and a two-time Iditarod champion when he drove his dog team under the burled arch in Nome on Tuesday evening, March 12, 2013. He sits with his two lead dogs, Tanner, left and Taurus, right. (AP Photo/The Anchorage Daily News, Bill Roth) LOCAL TV OUT (KTUU-TV, KTVA-TV) LOCAL PRINT OUT (THE ANCHORAGE PRESS, THE ALASKA DISPATCH)

Jordanian and Syrian children participate in a candlelit vigil to mark the second anniversary of the Syrian revolution at the Citadel in Amman, Jordan, Thursday, March, 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)

A protester holds a poster with partial Arabic that reads, "rescue us," during the candlelit vigil, marking the second anniversary of the Syrian revolution, in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, March 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

A Bahraini anti-government protester is engulfed in flames when a shot fired by riot police hit the petrol bomb in his hand that he was preparing to throw during clashes in Sanabis, Bahrain, Thursday, March 14, 2013. Protests and clashes erupted in opposition areas nationwide Thursday with government opponents observing a "Dignity Strike" _ blocking roads, closing shops, protesting and staying home from work and school _ called by the more radical February 14 youth group. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

Bahraini anti-government protesters react to tear gas fired by riot police in Sanabis, Bahrain, Thursday, March 14, 2013. Protests and clashes erupted in opposition areas nationwide Thursday with government opponents observing a "Dignity Strike" blocking roads, closing shops, protesting and staying home from work and school called by the more radical February 14 youth group. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

An Indian taxi driver waits for customers on a street in New Delhi, India, Thursday, March 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis waves the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who chose the name of Pope Francis, is the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano)

Pakistani boy, Haroun Matiullah, 11, holds an umbrella to shelter himself from rain, while sitting on a roadside hoping to sell his oranges, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Thursday, March 14, 2013. Haroun and his family fled Pakistan's tribal areas in 2009, due to fighting between militants and the army, and took refuge in Islamabad. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Miami Heat's LeBron James goes up for a dunk in the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Philadelphia 76ers, Wednesday, March 13, 2013, in Philadelphia. James scored 27 points and the Heat became the fourth team to win at least 20 consecutive games in a season, defeating the 76ers 98-94. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Demonstrators march through the streets alongside police officers during a march following a vigil held for Kimani "Kiki" Gray in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, Wednesday, March 13, 2013, in New York. The 16-year-old was shot to death on a Brooklyn street last Saturday night by plainclothes police officers who claim the youth pointed a .38-caliber revolver at them. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

The front page photo of the newly elected Pope Francis is displayed on a vendor's stand with a headline that reads in Spanish: "God is Argentine and so is the Pope," in downtown in Caracas,Venezuela, Thursday, March 14, 2013. Latin Americans reacted with joy on Wednesday at news that Argentina's former cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who chose the name Pope Francis, had become the first pope ever from the Americas. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)